The Breaking Bad Finale (Final Episode) is looming and all the Breaking Bad addicts and Breaking Bad-aholics are eagerly awaiting the finale episodes of Breaking Bad. Walt and Jesse are in their final death throws and we are all on our Breaking Bad edge of seats to see how it is all going to end for Walter “Heisenberg” White and Jesse Pinkman.

Are you a Breaking Bad fan?

Breaking Bad is an American television crime drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, producing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family’s financial future before he dies, teaming with his former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). Heavily serialized, the series is known for positioning its characters in seemingly inextricable corners, and has been labeled a contemporary western by its creator.
Premiering on January 20, 2008, the series is broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable channel AMC and is a production of Sony Pictures Television. On August 14, 2011, AMC announced that Breaking Bad had been renewed for a fifth and final season consisting of 16 episodes. This final season is split into two parts, each consisting of 8 episodes and broadcast over the course of two years. The first half premiered on July 15, 2012, and concluded on September 2, 2012; the second half premiered on August 11, 2013. The series finale is scheduled to air on September 29, 2013.

Breaking Bad has received widespread critical acclaim and is considered one of the greatest TV dramas of all time. Progression of each season resulted in extremely positive word-of-mouth, which has led to a steady increase in popularity. This culminated in rapid growth because of recent availability on multiple platforms, such as Netflix. Breaking Bad is now among the most-watched cable shows on American television, the audience numbers having doubled from the previous year’s episodes.

The series has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—including three consecutive wins for Best Actor for Cranston, two wins for Best Supporting Actor for Paul, and four nominations for Outstanding Drama Series. Cranston has also been nominated three times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and nominated four times for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor, winning once at the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2013, the Writers Guild of America named Breaking Bad the 13th best-written TV series of all time.[20] That same year, Guinness World Records awarded it the highest-rated TV series of all time, citing a Metacritic score of 99/100

Nasa is currently recruiting a number of willing volunteers to spend 70 days doing very little at its Houston headquarters.

The couch potatoes will get paid around £3,000 a month as part of the US space agency’s research into the effects of microgravity on the human body.

‘Of all the potential challenges crew members encounter in the space environment, microgravity has proven to be one of the most difficult to mimic in an experimental setting,’ explains Nasa.gov.

‘Researchers and engineers are studying bed rest as an experimental analog for space flight because extended exposure to a head-down tilt position can duplicate many of the effects of a low-gravity environment.’

Two test subjects participate in the bed rest research project (Picture: Nasa)

Successful candidates will stay in a tilted bed 24 hours a day as part of the 70-day project, where they can play computer games, surf the internet or watch TV.

Researchers will then monitor how long-term confinement to a reduced gravity environment effects muscle and bone strength, cardiovascular function and mental health.

The ‘pillownauts’ will undergo a two-week rehabilitation period once the study is complete.

A Kent-based entrepreneur has thought up an ingenious way to give loved ones digital memories and tributes of you beyond the grave – by putting them on the grave.

Wendy Nash, from Tonbridge, has launched a new service which equips gravestones with QR (quick response) codes so that mourners can reminisce over videos, photos, music or even a family tree.

QR codes are unique black and white grids which can be scanned by most smartphone devices.

They are often used by businesses to give more details about a product, competition or their company but this time, however, will be used by the relatives who’ll scan the square and then be directed to a website which shows the precious memories.

‘The idea struck me because I have always had a fascination with headstones and eventually I thought to myself ‘is that it? Am I just going to be a name on granite?’ said Nash, who is launching the service through her memorial firm, Hyphenalia.

‘Most of the time that’s all we get, along with a message that doesn’t tell people much about us at all. It’s such a shame and a wasted opportunity.

‘Imagine if someone in your ancestry had achieved something great, but you know nothing about it. It’s something I would want to know and be very proud of.

‘I think it’s quite an original idea and if someone needs help creating a memorial, I can help them.’

The QR codes for gravestones are weatherproof and can be created not just for the newly deceased but for those who passed decades or centuries ago.

It was supposed to come sweeping down in a magnificent display of elegance.

However, an owl, which should have delivered rings to a couple at the foot of the aisle on their wedding day, instead flew up into the church rafters and fell asleep for an hour.

The service, in the Holy Cross Church in Sherston, Wiltshire, had to be halted while desperate helpers tried – and failed – to coax the barn owl down.

The owl, named Darcey, had other ideas and felt that the corner was far too cosy.

Having fallen asleep for an hour, with red ribbons still attached to its feet, Reverend Chris Bryan decided not to sit through the pause, but continued with a set of back-up wedding rings until the bird felt ready to descend.

The barn owl took 40 winks in the rafters of the Holy Cross Church in Wiltshire (Picture: SWNS)

I have been on youtube almost 3 months but I have been a viewer for YEARS. There is a huge list of good YouTubers, Jenna Marbles (JennaMarbles), Philip Defranco (sxePhil & SourceFed), Epic Rap Battles of History, Ray William Johnson, Pewdiepie, ShayCarl (ShayTards), DanIsNotOnFire, Alfie (PointlessBlog), Boxxie and this list is endless. Here are some of my favourite YouTubers.

Philip DeFranco or “sxephil” is an American video blogger and YouTube celebrity. He is most notable for The Philip DeFranco Show, usually abbreviated PDS, a news show where DeFranco presents a news article, and then gives his opinion about it. His videos are centered on current events, sex, politics and celebrity gossip in which he gives his opinion, usually presented in an ironic manner and with frequent jump cuts to create a fast-paced feel. He has over 1 billion views, and over 2.5 million subscribers, and is the 79th most subscribed YouTuber as of July 2, 2013. DeFranco started his YouTube channel in 2006. His large audience led to his winning of a Spore Creature Creator contest and Wired’s Sexiest Geek of 2008 award, both open access online polls. DeFranco also created two other YouTube channels: PhilipDeFranco, a personal vlog-style channel and SourceFed, an original and Google funded YouTube channel. SourceFed spawned a spinoff channel, SourceFedNERD, as well. He sold all his channels to Revision3 in 2013.

As of July 24, 2013, his sxephil channel has earned 2.703 million subscribers and 1.12 billion video views, his PhilipDeFranco channel has earned 729,360 subscribers and 101 million views, and SourceFed has earned 1 million subscribers and 390 million video views – youtube.com/sxephil

Shay Carl has five YouTube channels, two of which (“shaycarl” and “SHAYTARDS”) have over one million subscribers. Butler and ApprenticeA are currently developing a documentary called “Vlogumentary” on a $200,000+ budget that was funded with an Indiegogo campaign and raised by mostly his viewers. Forbes called Butler one of the “most successful video entrepreneurs on YouTube” and in 2011 The New York Times featured Butler’s production company Maker Studios.

Butler frequently hosts and spices up events, such as the pre-show of the American Music Awards of 2012, and the largest bowl of pasta event at Buca di Beppo. – www.youtube.com/SHAYTARDS

Epic Rap Battles of History, officially shortened to ERB or ERBoH, is a YouTube video series created by Peter Shukoff (aka Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (aka EpicLLOYD). The series pits famous historical and pop culture figures, either fictional or otherwise, against one another in a rap battle format.

Although early episodes of the series featured only Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD, later episodes have regularly featured guest appearances from other internet celebrities such as Lisa Donovan, Timothy DeLaGhetto, George Watsky, DeStorm Power, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Rhett and Link, Mike Diva, and Jenna Marbles. Rapper Snoop Dogg appeared as a special guest in the episode “Moses vs. Santa Claus”, as Moses. Epic Rap Battles of History has been housed on its own YouTube channel since December 2011.

On July 3, 2013, ERB’s “Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney” was certified as a gold single in the United States by the RIAA. – youtube.com/ERB

Ray William Johnson (born August 14, 1981) is an American video blogger, producer, and actor best known for his YouTube series Equals Three, in which he provides commentary on viral videos. Many of the videos featured on Equals Three are noted to have received an additional boost of popularity. In February 2011, one industry publication noted that Johnson currently had six of the top twenty most watched videos of the month. In early September 2012, Johnson had accumulated nearly 2 billion video views. As of September 2013, the RayWilliamJohnson YouTube channel has over 10 million subscribers, and over 2.4 billion video views – youtube.com/RayWilliamJohnson

Daniel “Dan” Howell (born 11 June 1991) is an English professional vlogger and radio personality. He is best known for his YouTube channel danisnotonfire, which reached 2 million subscribers on 30 July 2013. Together with Phil Lester, Howell has presented The Request Show with Dan and Phil on BBC Radio 1 since January 2013. – youtube.com/DanIsNotOnFire

Elysium is a 2013 American science fiction action-thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Neill Blomkamp and starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. It was released on August 9, 2013 in both conventional and IMAX Digital theaters. Elysium is a co-production of Media Rights Capital and TriStar Pictures.

The film takes place on both a ravaged Earth and a luxurious space habitat called Elysium. It explores political and sociological themes such as immigration, overpopulation, transhumanism, health care, and class issues

In 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a luxurious space station called Elysium and the poor, who live on an overpopulated, devastated Earth. While residents on Earth are policed by ruthless robots, Elysian citizens live in comfort and regularly use man-sized medical devices called Med-Bays to keep them free of disease.

Max Da Costa (Matt Damon), a former car thief and parolee, lives in the ruins of Los Angeles and works at an assembly line for the Armadyne Corp., the company that built Elysium. But an accident at the plant exposes Max to a lethal dose of radiation, giving him only days to live. Meanwhile, when a caravan of illegal immigrants from Earth attempts to reach Elysium, Elysian Secretary of Defense Jessica Delacourt (Jodie Foster) orders vicious mercenary Kruger (Sharlto Copley) to shoot down the shuttles. Disapproving of her methods, Elysian President Patel (Faran Tahir) reprimands her. Delacourt, vowing to protect Elysium and her own power, bargains with Armadyne’s CEO John Carlyle (William Fichtner) to write a program that can override Elysium’s central computer and make her President. Carlyle creates the program in his office on Earth and uploads it to his brain for safekeeping.

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All my videos are made with a tongue firmly wedged into my cheek. I am here to make funny vlogs, funny movie reviews. funny rants, and add a funny spin on any topical news stories. I am always looking to collaborate with any fellow YouTubers so please contact me via YouTube messaging. These could be shout outs of cross promotion and I am open to any ideas so message me for anything and we can chat.

Any movie/film reviews labelled with #DNMC, #SFMC, #SFNMC are for the SourceFedNerd Movie Club, SourceFed Movie Club or The Philip Defranco Show Movie Club. However any films in the cinema I am reviewing out my own free will.

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I have always been a horror film fan. I love being born in the 80’s. I was very lucky with the red hot horror genres and franchises with Childs Play (Chucky), Nightmare on Elm Street (Freddy Krueger), Friday The 13th (Jason Voorhees), Hellraiser (Pinhead), Evil Dead (Ash), Zombie movies like Dawn Of The Dead and of course the great minds of Wes Craven and Sean Cunningham. So I thought I would pull together a top 5 of my favourites.

Wes Craven’s Scream – Scream stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette. The first series entry, Scream, was released on December 20, 1996 and is currently the highest grossing slasher film in the United States. The second entry Scream 2 was released on December 12, 1997 followed by a third installment, Scream 3, released February 4, 2000. Eleven years after the previous film, Scream 4 was released on April 15, 2011. The films follow the character of Sidney Prescott (Campbell) who becomes the target of a succession of murderers who adopt the guise of Ghostface to stalk and torment their victims. Sidney receives support in the films from town deputy Dewey Riley (Arquette), reporter Gale Weathers (Cox), and film-geek Randy Meeks (Jamie Kennedy).

Hellraiser – Hellraiser franchise consists of nine films. The franchise is based on the novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, who would go on to write and direct the adaptation of his story, titled Hellraiser. The films, as well as the comic book series, continually features the Cenobite Pinhead. The series’ storyline focuses on a puzzle box that opens a gateway to the Hell-like realm of the Cenobites, an order of formerly human monsters who harvest human souls to torture in sadomasochistic experiments. Although Clive Barker wrote the original story, as well as wrote and directed the first film, he has not written or directed any of the succeeding sequels.

Sean Cunningham’s Friday The 13th – Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television show, novels, comic books, and tie-in merchandise. The franchise mainly focuses on the fictional character Jason Voorhees, who drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake due to the negligence of the camp staff. Decades later, the lake is rumored to be “cursed” and is the setting for a series of mass murders. Jason is featured in all of the films, as either the killer or the motivation for the killings. The original film was written by Victor Miller and was produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham.

SAW – In 2003, Australian director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell created a short film to help pitch as a potential feature film. This was successfully done in 2004 with the release of the first installment at the Sundance Film Festival. It was released theatrically that October. The sequels were directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, David Hackl and Kevin Greutert, and were written by Wan, Whannell, Bousman, Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and were released subsequently every October, on the Friday before Halloween, between 2004 and 2010. Both of the creators remained with the franchise as executive producers. On July 22, 2010, producer Mark Burg confirmed that the seventh film, Saw 3D, is the final installment of the series. Series creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell are still open to continuing the series, however, if they can do something “different” with the material.

A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise consists of nine slasher films,. The franchise began with the film created by Wes Craven. The franchise is based on the fictional character Freddy Krueger, introduced in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), who stalks teenagers in their dreams and kills them. His motives were to seek revenge on their parents, who had burned him alive. The original film was written and directed by Craven, who returned to co-script the second sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), and to write and direct New Nightmare (1994). The films collectively grossed over $455 million at the box-office worldwide.

The BBC has released an intriguing new image from the 50th anniversary special that features Matt Smith, David Tennant and John Hurt. The image also shows two damaged Daleks and the words ‘Bad Wolf’ scrawled on what appears to be a wall… We’ll have to wait until the special premieres on 23 November to discover the full significance of these elements!

There’s also a press release that gives more details about the special – including its title: The Day of the Doctor. The press release in full reads:

50 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO CULMINATING IN ‘THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR’

The countdown starts here as the BBC reveals its plans to take over TV and radio to mark the Doctor’s 50th anniversary

With special programmes planned across the BBC the celebrations will peak on 23 November with the anniversary episode, revealed as ‘The Day of the Doctor’. Starring Matt Smith, David Tennant, Jenna Coleman with Billie Piper and John Hurt, the special for BBC One has been confirmed as feature length with 75 minutes of adventure.

Matt Smith, who plays the Doctor, said:

“The Day of the Doctor is nearly here! Hope you all enjoy. There’s lots more coming your way, as the countdown to the 50th begins now.”

Each channel will be home to unique content, celebrating the wealth of history and talent from the last 50 years.

BBC Two will broadcast a number of new commissions, focusing on telling the story behind the show. For one night only, Professor Brian Cox will take an audience of celebrity guests and members of the public on a journey into the wonderful universe of the Doctor, from the lecture hall of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1x60mins). Drawing on the latest theories as well as 200 years of scientific discoveries and the genius of Einstein, Brian tries to answer the classic questions raised by the Doctor – can you really travel in time? Does extra-terrestrial life exist in our galaxy? And how do you build something as fantastical as the TARDIS?

In an hour-long special, BBC Two’s flagship arts programme The Culture Show presents ‘Me, You and Doctor Who’ (1x60mins), with lifelong fan Matthew Sweet exploring the cultural significance of the BBC’s longest running TV drama, arguing that it’s one of the most important cultural artefacts of modern Britain. Put simply, Doctor Who matters. He’ll examine how the show has become a cultural force in its own right and tell the stories of some of the unsung cultural heroes, who pioneered its innovative music, design and storytelling.

BBC Two wraps up its coverage with the previously announced ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’(1x90mins), which will tell the story of the genesis of Doctor Who and the many personalities involved. Written by Mark Gatiss the drama stars; David Bradley (the Harry Potter films); Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Identity), Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife) and Sacha Dhawan (History Boys, Last Tango in Halifax).

Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer, Doctor Who said:

“50 years has turned Doctor Who from a television show into a cultural landmark. Personally I can’t wait to see what it becomes after a hundred.”

BBC Four will introduce audiences to the first Doctor, William Hartnell, with a special re-run of the first ever story, which marked the start of 50 years of history. The four episodes are being shown in a restored format, not previously broadcast in the UK.

There will also be programmes across CBBC with 12 Again (1x30mins) bringing together CBBC’s super fan Chris Johnson, impressionist Jon Culshaw, Tommy Knight (Luke Smith), Warwick Davis (Porridge), Neve McIntosh (Madame Vastra), Dan Starkey (Strax) Louise Jameson (Leela) and the Seventh Doctor; Sylvester McCoy, to share their memories of watching TV’s top Time Lord when they were young.

While Blue Peter will launch an exciting new competition giving viewers aged between six and fourteen the opportunity to design a new gadget that will become part of the iconic science fiction series. Two live Blue Peter specials will see presenters Barney, Lindsey and Radzi joined by aliens and monsters, with viewers challenging Matt Smith to answer their Doctor Who questions.

BBC Three will be home to several exciting entertainment commissions. Audiences will be encouraged to get involved and vote in ‘Doctor Who: Monsters and Villains Weekend’, as we countdown to the top Doctor Who monster. For those less familiar with the show, ‘Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide’ will introduce fans and viewers to a wealth of archive material and act as a guide to all things Who. A further exciting commission to be announced later this year will see the celebrations finish with a bang.

Danny Cohen, Director BBC Television said:

“Doctor Who is a titan of British television and I’m incredibly proud to have it on the BBC. It’s an astonishing achievement for a drama to reach its 50th Anniversary. I’d like to thank every person – on both sides of the camera – who has been involved with its creative journey over so many years.”

It’s not just TV where audiences will be able join in the celebrations, programming across Radio 2, Radio 1 and Radio 4 Extra will each mark the 50th.

BBC Radio 2 will ask ‘Who Is The Doctor?’ in a 90 minute documentary featuring newly recorded interviews and exclusive archive material. The programme will look at the lasting appeal of Doctor Who and ask how much of its continued success can be attributed to its basic formula.

In ‘The Blagger’s Guide to Doctor Who’, David Quantick will give the iconic Doctor the Blagger’s treatment. He’ll be finding out the answers to questions such as why do Americans think Tom Baker is still Doctor Who? How many Doctors have there really been? Were the Daleks really named after an encyclopaedia?

Finally, Graham Norton will be broadcasting his weekly Radio 2 show live (Saturday 23 November, 10am) from the Doctor Who Celebration in London. In a special three-hour show, Graham will take a ride in the TARDIS and will also be chatting with some of the series’ stars and fans.

Music is a key part of Doctor Who, from the famous theme tune to soaring melodies, but the show has also inspired a whole new phenomenon – Time Lord Rock (TROCK). Radio 1 will look at this genre of music inspired by the Doctor and his journeys through space and time with a 60 minute documentary.

Meanwhile Radio 4 Extra travels back to 1963 with a three hour special programme, ‘Who Made Who?’, to look at the world that inspired the television series. Doctor Who may have come from other times, but his roots were very much in the present of 1960s Britain. This distinctive programme combines audio from the archive, new interviews and extracts from audio versions of Doctor Who. Additionally, the station will broadcast readings and dramas featuring the great Doctor.

The original Jurassic Park movie, released in 1993 and directed by Steven Spielberg, defined adventure films for the 20th Century.

Its nail-biting, gripping story line and of-the-time effects all helped win its three Oscars.

And now 20 years later, with two sequels already made, Universal bosses have confirmed the name of the latest installment in the franchise – Jurassic World.

Back for more: Universal bosses have revealed that the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise will be called Jurassic World

The fourth Jurassic Park film was originally just given the presumed title Jurassic Park 4, but now fans of the movies will be thrilled to find out its official title.

With Colin Trevorrow confirmed as director, and working with Derek Connolly on the screenplay, along with Steven Spielberg as executive producer, this film, due for release in 2015, is set to be another Jurassic epic.

Trevorrow directed the budget sci-fi comedy Safety Not Guaranteed in 2012 (of which Connolly wrote the screenplay).

Box office success: The first three Jurassic Park films have taken a combined $1.9billion of box office sales

Back to the island: Earlier this year, director Colin Trevorrow tweeted a picture of ‘Nublar’ the fictional island where the first film was based

And speaking about the upcoming sequel recently, Trevorrow teased fans that there will be a new breed of dinosaur making an appearance in the film.

He said: ‘We have a new one that’s pretty cool. I’m not going to tell you anything about it, but… it’s pretty badass.’

The film follows a story of three magazine employees who interview a man who wants to time travel.

Jurassic World, which will be released on Friday, June 12 2015 in 3D, follows the success of Jurassic Park (1993), The Lost World (1997) and Jurassic Park 3 (2001).

To date, the three films have taken a combined $1.9billion of box office sales, and it was reported that the re-release this year of the original film has generated $114million.

Following the confirmation of the title, the Twitter account for the new film, @JurassicPark_4, posted to its 2,145 followers: ‘The next Jurassic Park film will be titled JURASSIC WORLD – Hitting theaters June 12th, 2015!’

Technical specifications for the rumoured iPhone 5S have supposedly been leaked online on the eve of its hotly-anticipated launch.

The unverified specs, obtained by Chinese website C Technology, show few differences between the impending handset and its existing version.

Apple is widely expected to reveal two new versions of its latest smartphone today, the 5S and the 5C, a budget offering likened to an iPhone mini.

The iPhone 5S is widely expected to be revealed tomorrow (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Curiously, the 5C is nowhere to be seen on the ‘leaked’ configuration plan, which the Chinese site said it obtained from ‘news sources’.

It claims the 5S has battery life of 250, 25 more hours than the 5, and with an A7 processor that will run iOS 7.

The specs state the 5S comes with an f2.0 aperture camera with double flash and the ability for 1080p video recording.

The colourful media invite to tomorrow’s event (Picture: Apple)

Today’s big launch is taking place at the tech giant’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, but ‘satellite’ events are being staged in Berlin, Tokyo and Beijing.

Apple is expected to break with monochromatic tradition when it unveils many different coloured versions of its newest smartphone, while the 5S is also widely expected to come with fingerprint scanner technology.

I love a good steak. I love mine Rare/Medium Rare with salt, pepper and herbs with chips, mushrooms and mustard. But how about the professionals give us some tips?

From Delicious Magazine

Jason Atherton, former executive chef of Gordon Ramsay’s Maze Grill, shares his secrets on how to cook the perfect sirloin steak to make it into a magnificent meal.

When Jason Atherton was appointed by Gordon Ramsay to head up the kitchen at the ground-breaking restaurant Maze, he took the concept of tapas-style dining and elevated it to a whole new level.

This fast-rising foodie star opened Maze Grill, an eaterie modelled on the relaxed style of a New York bar and grill, where a wide range of different breeds and cuts of beef are cooked to perfection. So, who better than Jason Atherton to teach us how to cook the perfect steak.

Five things to look for when buying a steak

1. When choosing a steak, sirloin is a fine choice due to its tasty, melt-in-the-mouth succulence. Good sirloin has just the right amount of fat and nice marbling. Rump steak is slightly cheaper than sirloin but it’s still a great steak for griddling or frying, with more flavour than sirloin. However, it does tend to be slightly chewier, especially if it has not been matured properly.

2. Age of the steak is important, as the hanging process develops the flavour and tenderises the meat. So ask your butcher how long the beef has been hung for. As a rule, 21 days as a minimum and 35 days as a maximum is a good range to go for.

3. Good beef should be a deep red colour, like the meat featured below.

4. Check the beef has good marbling – little streaks of fat running through the meat. This melts when heated, helping the steak to baste itself from within as it cooks.

5. A good layer of creamy-white fat around the top of sirloin steaks is essential.

Five steps to cooking the perfect steak at home

1. Heat your griddle or frying pan over a high heat, until smoking hot.

2. Lightly brush the steak with a little olive oil and season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

3. Don’t griddle more than two steaks at a time, and keep them spaced well apart. If you add more than two steaks to the pan at once, the temperature will drop and the steak will stew, rather than fry.

4. Don’t turn the steaks until good seared markings are achieved, then turn them over and cook on the other side (see timings, below).

5. You must let the steak rest for about 3 minutes before serving, to allow the juices that have been drawn to the surface to relax back into the meat.

How long to cook a steak for

These timings are based on cooking a sirloin steak that’s about 2cm thick. (Cooking times will vary depending on the type and thickness of the steak, and how hot your pan is.)

Like all human beings I have some really Bad Habits. Bad Habits can be anything from picking your nose, biting your nails, panicing, over thinking, over worrying, to over eating, snacking and hugely over compensating.

Anyone got any tips to breaking bad habits? Some being use relation techniques for breaking bad habits. Some people have distraction techniques for breaking bad habits. I embrace my bad habits and confession them rather than breaking bad habits in the first place.

Do you have any tips for breaking bad habits? Do you have any bad habits you would like to share?

Note :
All my videos are made with a tongue firmly wedged into my cheek. I am here to make funny vlogs, funny movie reviews. funny rants, and add a funny spin on any topical news stories. I am always looking to collaborate with any fellow YouTubers so please contact me via YouTube messaging. These could be shout outs of cross promotion and I am open to any ideas so message me for anything and we can chat.

Any movie/film reviews labelled with #DNMC, #SFMC, #SFNMC are for the SourceFedNerd Movie Club, SourceFed Movie Club or The Philip Defranco Show Movie Club. However any films in the cinema I am reviewing out my own free will.

I am always open for ideas for new vlogs so comment down below or message me.